Hand tool for connecting telephone and like wires to insulators



April 7, 1925. 1,532,771

P. T. NIELSEN HAND TOOL FOR CONNECTING TELEPHONE AND LIKE WIRES TO INSULATORS Filed Aug. 15, 1922 .7; van 2 0 2*:

Patented Apr.

UITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAND TOOL FOR GONNEG'IING TELEPHONE AND LIKE VIBES TO INSULATORS.

Application filed August 15, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER THORVALD NrELsnN, subject of the King of Denmark, residing at Kolding, I-lospitalsgade 29, Denmark, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHand Tools for Connecting Telephone and like Wires to Insulators, of which the following is a specification.

The overhead lines of telephones and the like are generally connected to the insulators by means of a fine wire which is coiled round the line wire at both sides of the insulator.

The present invention relates to a hand tool for winding the binding wire, and consists in the provision of a hooked guide plate which is fitted with a handle so that, when hooked to the line wire and engaging the binding wire, it can be turned for winding one about the other.

The plate is also fitted with means for cutting the binding wire after the completion of the winding.

In the accompanying drawings the invenr tion is illustrated by way of example, in

which- Fig. 1 represents a front view of the device in operation, partly in section,

Fig. 2 is a side View,

Fig. 3 a rear view, and

Fig. 4: a top view of the same.

A guide plate ais formed with an operating handle Z) having an extension lip 0, said guide plate being adapted to engage the telephone or like wires as shown in Figs. 1 and 2-. At each side of the hook, a notch g is made in the guide plate so that the binding wire it, placed in one of the notches, can be coiled round the wires by means of the tool which for that purpose is simply turned round with the hook placed on the wire. By the provision of two notches for use at opposite sides of the insulator, the coiling can be done in the same direction at both sides.

In case the binding wire is soft, or if a very tight coiling is requirechthe wire may be passed through an additional guide eye- Serial No. 582,068.

let it formed by means of hooks at the ends of a metal strip 7' connected to the plate a. so

The notches g are also adapted to co-opcrate with jaws q for cutting the binding wire close to the line wires when the coiling is completed. Each jaw is pivoted at is and Z to the plate a and is extended to form an operating lever m and n. Springs 0 and 2?, connected to the plate a", engage apertures 0 and p in the levers and keep the jaws normally clear of the notches.

By means of this tool the binding wire can be coiled snugly and firmly and finally cut oil neatly close to the line wire, the whole operation being carried out in a very short space of time.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:

1. A hand tool for coiling the binding wire of telephone and the like wires connected to insulators, comprising a hooked plate fitted with a handle by means of which itcan be turned about the line wire with the hook placed on the latter, the plate being adapted to engage the binding wire in order to coil it around the line wire when the tool is thus turned, and a cutter fitted with an operating lever and pivoted to the plate so as to cooperate with the latter for cutting the binding wire at the completion of the coiling.

2. A hand tool for coiling the binding wire of telephone and the like wires com prising a hooked plate having a handle by means of which it is adapted to be turned about a line wire, the plate being adapted to engage the binding wire in order to coil it around the line wire, a cutter fitted with an operating lever pivoted to and cooperating with said plate for cutting the binding wire at the completion of the coiling, and eyelets connected to the plate adapted to guide the binding wire.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PETER THORVALD NIELSEN. 

